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11/24/2010, The Wax-on solid ink printer looks like a printer sent back from the future. The concept printer removes the need for creating plastic waste associated with the use of (the dreaded) ink cartridges. The design of the printer itself is minimal and offers a...

08/18/2010, If you often wish you had more control over the lights in your living room, perhaps the Living Wall by High-Low Tech might be of interest to you, as it’s an interactive wallpaper that can be programmed to monitor the environment, as well as control...

06/25/2010, Is this the way we’ll be storing our foodstuff in the future? The Food Symphony concept design for Electrolux is a pretty cool design, one that boasts multiple food containers that allow the temperature for each container to be adjusted separately....

06/14/2010, Ironing the clothes is generally a boring and mundane affair, but if we were provided with this Infinity iron, we wouldn’t mind doing the ironing for a while. This iron sports an OLED display at the top, and has a rubberized texture to improve your...

05/11/2010, It goes without saying that virtually all train platforms throughout the world would have probably seen at least a solitary case of suicide, since it proves to be an easy way out of this painful and hard life. Folks who want to make the world a safer...

04/22/2010, Motorized wheelchairs are a boon to many disabled folk, but they’re often very expensive. A solution to that might be the NEWS (New Electric Wheelchairs) concept, which doesn’t actually replace your existing wheelchair; rather it can be...

04/05/2010, Need a fancy chair for your futuristic home? The Sensation lounge chair, designed by Bulgarian Alexander Christoff will probably fit in just nicely. It’s molded out of fiberglass, and offers ergonomically enhanced curves, allowing you to lie back...

04/04/2010, Currently if you want to take public transport to a certain area and wanted some privacy, it would mean taking a cab, but what about in the future? Well, designer Dave Owsen has a rather nice idea on how things could be in the future with the Community...

04/02/2010, While none of us want to be confined in a wheelchair, if we ever are, this futuristic concept wheelchair would probably the one that we’d pick. It offers a teardrop extrusion located at the back to help negate the negative effects of contemporary...

03/25/2010, The Chaac concept shower looks take it was taken out from a Jetsons cartoon, and it would certainly fit in well in such a setting. The name of this futuristic shower comes from the ancient Mayan God of water, Chaac. Apparently the Chaac will ergonomically...

02/10/2010, It’s not entirely clear how this eVouse works, but based on the pictures from the concept design, it’s meant for your laptops and tablet computers. It switches effortlessly between being a mouse and a pen sensor for design works, so if you...

02/08/2010, Are you still in love with Nintendo’s Wii gaming console? You might be getting a new lover from Nintendo sometime in the near future perhaps, as during the Annual Japan Media Arts Festival, Mario creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, mentioned something about...

02/08/2010, How would you like to live in an eco-friendly compact home? The MercuryHouseOne concept has graduated from being a concept, to reality. The pod-shape makes it look like it’s from the future, and the set of solar panels at the top of the building...

02/07/2010, Battery design, such as thickness and lifespan, is always an issue that folks are trying to tackle and improve. Now it seems that the folks over at Imperial College London have come up with a rather useful development. The latest is a wafer-thin piece of...